crying bt and help

[dakwah]

Hi everyone

I have been playing crying off the solid gold collection (on top of Hank) as I can't find a suitable backing track. The one I have (Ameritz) is not in the same key and of course different arrangement. Is there one availble off a backing track album?

Also the tone seems more mellow and less echo. Any suggestions on this gratefully accepted. I am using a AC30 heritage on low volume (in the conservatory) with either a magicstomp or new zoom G2 with Charlie's patches)



thanks Stan

[dobroman]

Hi Stan,

There is a good backing track (and demo) from Roger Allcock on one of his BT albums "Backin' The Groove", available from www.vintage-sounds.co.uk you can listen to a sample on site. There is also a tab available from www.tabman.co.uk

Regards

Brian

[dakwah]

great

thanks Brian

Stan

[Deleted]

Hi Stan,
How do you get on with the AC 30 in a small environment, do you have power scaling on it?
Tony

[dakwah]

Hi Tony

well the tone I get is not as good as I expect, but that will be down to my lack of a good ear. I think others with the amp is able to get a good sound at low volumes. The tone I get is not very vintage sounding. I have heard better, authentic tones from others on this site with more modest equipment so it must be me. To be honest I have other stuff e.g. G2n (+ Charlie's patches) that sound similar to the amp. It may be the guitar but others using say a Squier again get more authentic tone. Of course my lack of ability may also be part of the problem. The difference seems that when people use a strat and vox for shadows and get it right have that bit of magic that I cannot achieve and very hard to describe on paper. Spent many hours with tweaking eq with no success so far so will try and get to Cheshire club (nearest to me in sunny Conwy) in September for some tips.

Stan

[Deleted]

Hi Stan,
Thanks for the reply, I understand exactly what you mean I think we've all of us gone down that road but its a labour of love and usually down to settings at the end of the day. It may be an idea to take the amp to the club as you suggest and I'm certain you're going to get some pointers but that amp should do it.
Best wishes Tony